Express Sport brings you all the best tweets as Liverpool fans sweat on Adam Lallana's fitness after his injury scare during the international break

Express Sport brings you all the best tweets as Liverpool fans sweat on Adam Lallana's fitness after his injury scare during the international break

One of those to have crossed the divide, Adam Lallana, was missing yesterday after picking up a calf injury on England duty, but ace Philippe Coutinho was fit to play.

Liverpool though took until the 27th minute to produce their first shot. A 20-yard curler from another of the Southampton old boys, £30m Sadio Mane, was destined for the far corner until Forster tipped it wide.

Five minutes before the interval, Mane broke into the box but was again denied the opener – by Virgil van Dijk’s superb intervention.

And that pattern continued throughout the second period with Klopp’s outfit going for the jugular.

In a frenetic 10 minutes, Roberto Firmino had a penalty claim rightly waved away, Mane’s drive was saved at the near post and Coutinho spurned a glorious opportunity.

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Nathaniel Clyne had his head in his hands after missing a header late on

Clean through with only Forster to beat, he delayed shooting, allowing Van Dijk to avert the danger.

That was nothing compared with the sitter missed soon after by Firmino, who somehow stabbed wide from eight yards following Coutinho’s defence-splitting pass.

Sub Daniel Sturridge almost created a winner 60 seconds after coming on in the 78th minute.

His cross set up Nathaniel Clyne for a point-bank header.

Yet – much to the delight of the St Mary’s faithful – the ex-Saints defender did not even hit the target. Klopp added: “When a crowd cheers a miss by your player because they’ve nothing else to cheer about, I don’t like it.”